"DANGEROUS DISMANTLING" OF HHS BEHIND LAWSUIT FILED BY 20 ATTORNEYS GENERAL
McKnight's Senior Living, May 7, 2025
In the suit, the coalition stated that actions taken by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration... “erased decades of public health progress” and left the agency unable to complete its most vital functions.
LABOR DEPARTMENT TO QUIT ENFORCING BIDEN-ERA INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR RULE
McKnight's Senior Living, May 6, 2025
“While the department reviews the 2024 final rule...agency investigators are directed not to apply the 2024 rule’s analysis in current enforcement matters.”
LONG-TERM CARE PROVIDERS MAKE IMPASSIONED PLEA TO HHS TO REVERSE IMMIGRATION ORDERS
McKnight's LTC News, May 5, 2025
“America lacks the available workforce... which means that we need to welcome the international pipeline of workers to avoid abandoning older Americans in their greatest time of need.”
ALZHEIMER'S PREVALENCE TOPS SEVEN MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME
MedPage Today, April 29, 2025
An estimated 7.2 million Americans ages 65 and older now have Alzheimer's dementia, up from 6.9 million last year.
LTC PROVIDERS ADVISED TO PREPARE FOR RESIDENT COGNITIVE AND FUNCTIONAL DECLINE AT ADMISSION
McKnight's LTC News, April 23, 2025
...the data is intended to inform person-centered decision-making, something sector experts call vital when taking care of residents with cognitive impairment.
LEAKED WHITE HOUSE DOC SHOWS PROPOSED CUTS TO NURSING HOME PROGRAMS
Skilled Nursing News, April 18, 2025
The “pre-decisional” document ...included several other areas of focus related to nursing homes, including a budget for nursing home workforce development and elimination of the long-term care ombudsman program.
AS MEASLES RISK GROWS, PROVIDER GROUPS PUSH NURSING HOME VACCINATIONS
McKnight's LTC News, April 17, 2025
“While the majority of long-term care and post-acute residents — given their age — are presumed to be immune to measles, staff and pediatric care settings remain at risk."
CMS FORCED TO DELAY NURSING HOME REVALIDATION DEADLINE WITH 80 PERCENT UNABLE TO COMPLY
McKnight's LTC News, April 16, 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has again delayed its mandatory provider revalidation program for nursing homes, this time giving providers until Aug. 1 to report far more organizational ties than were previously required.
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